1 Kings 6:3

The porch. At the front of the Temple was a porch 29 ft. 2 in. (8.9 m.) wide, the same width as the building, and 14 ft. 7 in. (4.5 m.) deep. The height is not given in Kings, but in 2 Chron. 3:4, it is 120 cu., or 175 ft. (53.4 m.). This height is not in accord with anything else known in ancient architecture, and would make a building of very unusual proportions and of rare appearance. Several of the manuscripts of the LXX and the Syriac read “20 cubits.” The Hebrew generally repeats the word for “cubits” with each dimension. It will be noted that in 2 Chron. 3:4 the work is omitted. There is a similarity in the Hebrew between the word for “cubit,” ’ammah, and the word for “hundred,” me’ah. and it is possible that the one was written for the other.